Pasadena Playhouse District’s Blog

Have you heard? The Playhouse District’s Farmers Market is back in a new location and with more produce! The Farmers Market has moved to 535 E. Union Street, near the corner of Oakland and Union, across the street from PMCA and next to Fuller.

The certified Farmers Market will take place every week starting Wednesday, April 17 until Wednesday, October 30 from 3:30 pm – 7:30 pm. For more information visit www.pasadenafarmersmarket.org.

Come to the PMCA from 5-8pm this coming Thursday— admission is on us!

On view through February 24, 2013:
Greta Magnusson Grossman: A Car and Some Shorts
White on Black: The Modernist Prints of Paul Landacre
take me to the apple breeder
Guillermo Bert: Encoded Textiles

Pasadena Museum of California Art
490 East Union Street, Pasadena, CA 91101
626.568.3665

Read this thoughtful interview from  Jessica Ritz of KCET and look at Jessica Rath’s take me to the apple breeder, opening this Friday at PMCA.

Excerpt:

Rath spoke with us about how she got bitten by the apple bug, and what this fruit has to teach us about current food debates, diversity, and our relationship to nature and art. It’s definitely a different type of conversation than the Fuji vs. Pink Lady discussions you might have at your farmers’ market apple vendor stand, where you will need to load up to make Sweet Rose Creamery’s ice cream chef Shiho Yoshikawa’s recipe for apple pie ala mode sundae, complete with salty pecan crumble and cinnamon sauce toppings. take me to the apple breeder is on view at PMCA through February 24, 2013.

Read more HERE.

“One Hour/One Painting” is an exercise in seeing. The idea was developed from the observation that viewers, in museums and galleries, spend an average of six seconds in front of any given art work, and often spend more time with the identifying label than with the work itself.

In “One Hour/One Painting”, Peter Clothier invites small groups of participants to sit in front of a single art work for a full hour. He starts with a brief introduction to the principles of closed-eye breath meditation, encouraging participants to relax and refresh the eyes, and to rid the mind of expectations and pre-judgments. This leads to an alternation of closed- and open-eye work, the facilitator guiding the process with brief instructions and directions. This is individual work: there is no discussion or interaction, allowing each participant to experience the work as fully as possible, without interruption. At the end of the hour, however, Peter invites responses and discussion of the experience.

This is NOT a lecture. It is not about art history or criticism, but about giving the eye and the mind the opportunity to learn about pure visual experience and the benefits of contemplation. Participants can expect to come away with the very complete experience of a single work of art, and with the added benefits of an unusual hour of relaxation and serenity.

The one painting is Edgar Payne’s The Matterhorn from Zermatt.
$15 admission $10 PMCA member admission
Thursday, September 20 | 5:30pm

PMCA: 490 East Union Street Pasadena, CA 91101
Please RSVP with Emma Jacobson-Sive by email: emma.jacobson@pmcaonline.org or by phone: 626.568.3665 x12

The PMCA is celebrating its 10th birthday this Saturday! Don’t miss the party!

Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012
12-5pm FREE

Join the Pasadena Museum of California Art for our 10th Birthday Party! Spend the afternoon with hands-on workshops for all ages, live performances, a beer garden, food trucks, refreshments and a birthday cake!

The PMCA 10th Birthday Party and is free and open to the public. All guests will receive complimentary admission to the PMCA on the day of the event.
Performances by: 12:30pm: We Break Cameras 1:30pm: Crazy Band 2:30pm: Dunes 3:30pm: Regal Degal 4:30pm: El Haru Kuroi
Activities include projects with nomadic art gallery Mastodon Mesa, a writing workshop with young-adult author Cecil Castellucci, personalized pins, making and flying kites, and more!
Food Trucks: Cool Haus, Nom Nom, Pie ‘n Burger
Exhibitions on view Edgar Payne: The Scenic Journey and Layer: A Loose Horizon
Beer Garden: Stone Ale, Brouwerij West, and Crispin and Fox Barrel Ciders

For more information, visit their website!

Have you noticed this colorful shape bursting out of the facade of the Pasadena Museum of California Art on Union? This sculpture is part of the show Layer: A Loose Horizon currently on view at the museum. From the website:

Continuing in the tradition of artists who have integrated the PMCA building into their exhibition, innovative art collaborative Layer that will occupy both the Project Room and the museum lobby, culminating in an impressive sculptural installation reaching across the museum’s outer façade. While software and digital fabrication have become indispensible elements of architectural design, enabling greater complexity of forms, the artists of Layer—Lisa Little and Emily White—challenge the ability of these tools to render environments that truly engage the visitor. By combining a computational approach with a perceptual one, the artists create a physically engrossing and intellectually stimulating spatial construction. The resulting project represents just one instance in a series of possible permutations. Sketches and early digital iterations of the piece will also be on view in the Project Room, revealing the artists’ process.

Find out more HERE.

This month marks the Pasadena Museum of California Art’s 10 year anniversary. The Playhouse District would like to thank Bob and Arlene Oltman for bringing a wonderful museum to Pasadena.

THANK YOU!!!

Opening Reception: Friday, May 4, 6-8pm, FREE

The Pasadena Museum of California Art (PMCA) and Pasadena City College (PCC) present Tomorrow Today, an exhibition featuring work by current art and design students at PCC, one of California’s premiere community colleges. The student work ranges from conceptual projects to traditional crafts, reflecting the generational perspectives and personal idiosyncrasies of an extraordinarily diverse community of student artists. Christopher Miles, distinguished art writer, curator and artist, will jury the exhibition.

RSVP (optional) on Facebook!

Pasadena Museum of California Art 490 East Union Street Pasadena, CA 91101